NEW HAVEN, Conn. – All eyes in
collegiate women's crew circles will be on Lake Carnegie in New
Jersey on Saturday morning. That's where top-ranked Virginia, No. 4
Yale and No. 6 Princeton will be facing off beginning at 9 a.m. The
Yale and Princeton varsity eights will be competing for the
Eisenberg Cup.

The Bulldogs are undefeated in all three boats that compete for
the NCAA Championship – the varsity eight, second varsity
eight and varsity four. Yale has victories over No. 7 Michigan
State, No. 16 Dartmouth and No. 20 Cornell on its resume.

Princeton's varsity eight is seeded first in the EAWRC Coaches'
poll. The Tigers' average margin of victory so far this season is
nearly 15 seconds. Princeton already has Ivy League victories over
Brown, Harvard, Cornell and Columbia.

Virginia took over the top spot in the national rankings after
sweeping Michigan and Ohio State on Apr. 3. The Cavaliers also won
the San Diego Crew Classic titles in the varsity eight, second
varsity eight and varsity four.

"UVA is the No. 1 ranked team in the country and
Princeton's varsity eight is the No. 1 ranked crew in the
EAWRC. We are going to do everything we can to keep it close,"
said Yale head coach Will Porter. "We have not been an
underdog in a long time, so it will be a good test of our ability
at this point in the long season. We are hoping to represent
Yale well and put up a result we can be proud of. I look forward to
seeing the action unfold."